A total number of 16 gun boats and 6,000 armed police personnel are expected to be deployed along the waterways and creeks of Bayelsa state to tackle rising sea piracy…

EU NAVFOR Somalia’s Flagship, the Italian vessel ITS Virginio Fasan, has apprehended six suspected pirates and seized their vessels. Six crew of a motor whaler, acting as mother ship, and…

On November 15, a destroyer from the 27th Chinese naval escort taskforce successfully dispersed a number of suspected pirate vessels aiming for two container ships, reports China Central Television. At…

A maritime situation has been reported in Yemen.  On November 6, 2017, the Saudi-led coalition announced the closure of all ports in Yemen until further notice.  There are reports that…

Pirates have released the six crew members of the container ship Demeter who were kidnapped on October 21 off the coast of Nigeria. Ship management company Peter Doehle Schiffahrts-KG reported…

The Nigerian military, yesterday, said while it was not averse to legitimate agitations by any section of the country, it would put down agitations with violent disposition. Speaking during the…

ACCRA - Ghana's "long and arduous journey" to boost offshore oil exploration and extraction will be fuelled with billions of extra dollars after a key court victory over Ivory Coast.…

Concerned Nigerians can heave a temporary sigh of relief with the decision of the dreaded Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to suspend its plan to renew attacks on the nation’s oil…

THREE of the four Vietnamese captives of the Abu Sayyaf were rescued by the Philippine military on Friday night, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Saturday. Roque made the announcement in a…

A maritime security engagement between the Philippine Navy and Royal Australian Navy kicked off in Zamboanga City Pier on Friday. Local officials and officers from the Naval Forces Western Mindanao…

NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 7 – Condemning the acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, the United Nations Security Council today called for a “comprehensive response”…

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Nigeria's government and community leaders on Monday urged militants not to resume attacks on pipelines in the country's oil-rich south but to give peace talks another chance. The Niger Delta…

Riyadh, Safar 17, 1439, November 06, 2017, SPA -- Following on what the Coalition had previously announced regarding the ballistic missiles launched by the Iranian-controlled Houthi militias from within Yemeni…

The Nigerian militant group known as the Niger Delta Avengers has proclaimed an end to a year-long ceasefire agreed with the Nigerian government, and has alluded to a desire to…

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01 November 2017, Sweetcrude, Lagos — The United States of America, through its Maritime Administration has published a Maritime Alert warning ships to be wary when approaching Nigerian waters. According to…

Police arrested five pirates on Monday in connection with Saturday’s incident in which they had attempted to hijack a cargo ship from Bangladesh. In the wee hours on Saturday, the…

The Federal Government yesterday said it had contracted the security of the nation's waterways to an Israeli security firm at the cost of $186 million. Disclosing this in Lagos, at the…

The region of the Sulu Sea, just last year branded the ‘New Somalia’, is benefiting from a new trilateral security initiative. However, key challenges remain. Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines launched…